Overview
The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
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 | 53 | February 14, 1966 (80) | |
 | 48 | June 12, 1979 (87) | |
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 | 16 | June 16, 1984 (61) | |
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